by Carla Conrad | Nov 30, 2018 | COPD
November is National COPD Awareness Month, and as the third leading cause of death in the United States – and the fourth worldwide – it’s the public health crisis that nobody is talking about. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a general term that is used...
by Marianne Drevna | Jun 14, 2018 | COPD
When you have COPD, your body burns many more calories due to increased work of breathing. While much is made of the need to lose weight, we forget about those who are losing too much weight, muscle mass and strength. About 1 in 4 people with COPD are underweight, and...
by Marianne Drevna | Jul 21, 2017 | COPD, Education, Managing Lung Disease
With the internet and Google at our fingertips, it’s easy to find all sorts of advice, options and less conventional means of controlling or managing the symptoms of chronic lung diseases. However, many of these solutions are untested or have minimal proof of benefit....
by Marianne Drevna | Jun 7, 2017 | COPD, Managing Lung Disease, The Lungs
Pneumonia can rear its ugly head at any time of the year and for those suffering from chronic lung diseases, it’s best to be cautious all year round. Pneumonia is an infection in one or both lungs, sometimes only a specific section of a lung. It occurs when organisms...
by Marianne Drevna | Apr 12, 2017 | COPD, Managing Lung Disease, Sleep Apnea
Overlap Syndrome refers to diseases that overlap each other where the combined effect is worse than either disease alone. Two conditions that often overlap are COPD and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). COPD is not a new disease, as it existed but was ignored long before...
